Vayishlach (וַיִּשְׁלַח ‎— Hebrew for "and he sent," the first word of the parashah) is the eighth weekly Torah portion (פָּרָשָׁה ‎, parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading. In the parashah, Jacob reconciles with Esau after wrestling with a "man." The prince Shechem rapes Dinah, whose brothers sack the city of Shechem in revenge.

The name of the Parshah, "Vayishlach," means "And he sent" and it is found in Genesis 32:4. Jacob returns to the Holy Land after a 20-year stay in Charan, and sends angel-emissaries to Esau in hope of a reconciliation, but his messengers report that his brother is on the warpath with 400 armed men .

2001年11月19日 · The name of the Parshah, "Vayishlach," means "And he sent" and it is found in Genesis 32:4. Jacob returns to the Holy Land after a 20-year stay in Charan, and sends angel-emissaries to Esau in hope of a reconciliation, but his messengers report that his brother is on the warpath with 400 armed men.

Parashat Vayishlach: Honoring the Best of Jacob This Torah portion interperses multiple momentous encounters with the divine realm with a series of fraught incidents between humans. By David Gottlieb

מַלְאָכִים מַמָּשׁ (בראשית רבה): אַרְצָה שֵׂעִיר - means “to the land of Se’ir.” Any word that requires a ל prefix to give it the meaning “to, ” the verse sometimes places a ה suffix instead. אַרְצָה שֵׂעִיר. לְאֶרֶץ שֵׂעִיר כָּל תֵּבָה שֶׁצְּרִיכָה לָמֶ"ד בִּתְּחִלָּתָהּ הֵטִיל לָהּ הַכָּתוּב הֵ"א בְּסוֹפָהּ:

Listen to Rabbi Rick Jacobs discuss Parashat Vayiishlach in these episodes of his podcast, On the Other Hand: Ten Minutes of Torah. Jacob now sent messengers ahead of him to his …

Jewish texts and source sheets about Parashat Vayishlach from Torah, Talmud and other sources in Sefaria's library. Vayishlach (“He Sent”) follows Jacob and his family as Jacob wrestles with a man (commonly understood as an angel), is renamed Israel, and …

The eighth reading from the book of Genesis is named Vayishlach, which means “and he sent.” The title comes from the first verse of the reading, which says, “Then Jacob sent messengers before him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom” (Genesis 32:3).

2011年12月4日 · Vayishlach (“He Sent”) follows Jacob and his family as Jacob wrestles with a man (commonly understood as an angel), is renamed Israel, and reconciles with his brother, Esau. Jacob’s daughter, Dina, is raped by a Hivite prince, and her brothers sack a …

32:4] Jacob now sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, in the countryside of Edom. 5] He instructed them as follows: “Say this to my lord Esau: ‘Thus says your servant Jacob: With Laban have I stayed and have lingered until just now. 6] I came to own cattle, donkeys, sheep, and male and female slaves, and I am send...